Yarmouth Coastguard said Gorleston RNLI inshore lifeboat picked up the man who was taken to The James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston, by ambulance.

A MAN was taken to hospital with possible hyperthermia after jumping off the Haven Bridge in the early hours of yesterday.

Yarmouth Coastguard said Gorleston RNLI inshore lifeboat picked up the man who was taken to The James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston, by ambulance. He had been trapped between the quayside and the Lydia Eva boat.

A Norfolk police spokesman said they received a call at about 1.30am. The spokesman said: “One of our officers was able to get a rope around the man and pull him to safety.”